Economy & Work

Roughly half of Americans say it’s better for a woman who wants to reach high political office to have children before entering politics. Views are different when it comes to leadership positions in the business world.

In general, Western European countries that have a mandatory church tax aren’t any less religious than those that don’t have such a tax.

Sizable majorities of adults in six European countries with a mandatory tax say they pay it and few say they are likely to opt out.

Millennials are the largest adult generation in the United States, and the American family continues to change.

When Americans are asked to make up the budget for the federal government, they have little appetite for austerity measures. Asked about 13 different government program areas, from veterans benefits to foreign aid, no more than about a quarter favor reducing spending in any specific area. The survey by Pew Research Center, conducted March 20-25 […]

Most Americans anticipate widespread job automation in the future, and they generally foresee more negative than positive effects from these advances.

As the April 15 tax deadline approaches, overall public views of the fairness of the nation’s tax system have changed only modestly since 2017, before passage of major tax legislation. However, partisan differences on tax fairness have increased considerably since then, and now are wider than at any point in at least two decades. Two […]

Money sent by immigrants to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa reached a record $41 billion in 2017.

Worldwide, an estimated $625 billion (USD) was sent by migrants to individuals in their home countries in 2017, a 7% increase from 2016, when the amount was $586 billion, according to economists at the World Bank. This increase follows two consecutive years of decline.